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Du Bois’s Telegram

- Literary Resistance and State Containment

About Du Bois’s Telegram

Taking her cue from W. E. B. Du Bois, Juliana Spahr explores how state interests have shaped U.S. literature. What is the relationship between literature and politics? Can writing be revolutionary? Can art be autonomous or is escape from nations and nationalisms impossible? As her sobering study affirms, aesthetic resistance is easily domesticated.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674986961
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 256
  • Published:
  • October 23, 2018
  • Dimensions:
  • 217x150x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 420 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: June 6, 2024

Description of Du Bois’s Telegram

Taking her cue from W. E. B. Du Bois, Juliana Spahr explores how state interests have shaped U.S. literature. What is the relationship between literature and politics? Can writing be revolutionary? Can art be autonomous or is escape from nations and nationalisms impossible? As her sobering study affirms, aesthetic resistance is easily domesticated.

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